Calif.'s enormous battery plant ignited. Now scientists say it spread heavy metals everywhere.
The new study uses soil samples from just three days after the Moss Landing blaze.
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California battery blaze spread heavy metals over 5 miles, 1,200 out
The Moss Landing battery inferno was billed as a clean energy mishap, but the fallout was anything but clean. A new wave of ...
Plans for huge new oceanfront battery storage plant are withdrawn following disastrous Moss Landing fire
January fire cost Texas company $400 million and stiffened opposition to the projects, which are key to renewable energy ...
The Press Democrat
New study: Moss Landing battery fire dumped 55,000 pounds of toxic metals into wildlife-rich marshes
A major fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing showered 55,000 pounds of toxic ...
KQED
Scientists Trace Heavy Metals Spread by January’s Huge Battery Fire Near Monterey
A new study from San José State University shows that last winter’s massive battery plant fire in Moss Landing spread a layer ...
East Bay Times
Moss Landing battery fire: Moratorium on building new battery storage projects advances
Responding to a major fire in January at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing that sent a toxic cloud over a wide area and caused the evacuations of residents and the closure of Highway 1, the ...
Wetlands trap toxic metals after battery plant fire scatters debris
When fire broke out at the world's largest battery energy storage facility in January 2025, its thick smoke blanketed ...
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After Massive Battery Storage Plant Blaze, Monterey County, CA, Advances Moratorium
Responding to a major fire in January at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing that sent a toxic cloud over a wide area and caused the evacuations of residents and the closure of Highway 1, the ...
Study: Vistra battery plant fire left 55,000 pounds of heavy metals in wetland soil
Scientists are now getting a clearer picture of how last winter’s fire at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing has ...
Mercury News
In wake of Moss Landing fire, Newsom signs battery storage safety bill
SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across ...
JD Supra
California Battery Energy Storage Systems Legislation Update: Safety Requirements and AB 205 “Opt-In” Procedures Amended
In the wake of a catastrophic battery storage facility fire in Moss Landing in January that burned over half the batteries in a 300-megawatt (MW) installation in Monterey County, 2025 has been a ...
The Monterey County Herald
Moratorium on building new battery storage projects advances
Responding to a major fire in January at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing that sent a toxic cloud over a wide area and caused the evacuations of residents and the closure of Highway 1, the ...